Animal Phobia Therapy FAQ: Creature Courage’s Expert Solutions
Where and When Can I Receive Animal Phobia Therapy?
Creature Courage offers animal phobia therapy in South West London, near Cheam Rail Station. We also provide custom sessions at your location for an additional fee. Our animal phobia workshops typically run from 9:30 am to 6 pm, but we can accommodate your schedule.
How Does Creature Courage’s Animal Phobia Therapy Work?
Our animal phobia therapy combines several proven techniques, which gives us our extremely high success-rate and pushes beyond the ‘normal’ hypnotherapy treatment that does not cure phobia, alone. This is why we use effective immersive or exposure therapy to build lasting courage for our clients and help them understand what triggers their anxiety and what they can do to change their habit response. We do this through an applied approach of therapies:
- Education to build compassion and fascination
- Art therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Meditative imagination exercises
- Neuroscience education
- Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
- Hypnotherapy
- Immersive therapy
- Self-calming techniques that you can easily use outside the sessions
Not all of these may be required or desired for every individual, however, this holistic approach to animal phobia treatment not only addresses your specific fear but also builds overall courage and improves mental health. Using our animal phobia treatment will have a hugely beneficial impact on your overall confidence and mental health, not simply around the animal fear we will help you overcome.
What’s the Cost of Animal Phobia Therapy?
Our one-day animal phobia workshop costs £349, which provides you with 8 hours of genuinely life-changing therapy. This animal phobia treatment is an investment in your mental well-being at less than £50 per hour.
Is Creature Courage’s Animal Phobia Therapy Effective for Everyone?
Absolutely. Our animal phobia treatment can work for anyone committed to change. Most clients overcome their animal phobias in just one session. However, we also offer affordable top-up sessions and anxiety coaching for more severe cases. Ultimately, we will work with you to get the results that you need. Moreover, we’ll also empower you with all the necessary tools to keep your phobia away for good.
Do You Treat Children’s Animal Phobias?
Creature Courage provides animal phobia treatment for children aged 8-14, with adapted workshops priced at £349, but for younger children (5-7), we offer a special 2-hour educational and exposure therapy session for £150.
If a parent or guardian has a phobia it is always preferable for them to come to our adult workshops first, as the child could relearn their fear response from that continually displayed by them.
For younger children we have a special educational creative and exposure session to help them learn and appreciate animals. They will find out more about the animal, do some creative therapy and take part in immersive therapy. The aim is to build a fascination for the animals, which will help to desensitise them to the fear response they have around the animal – a parent must be present at all times.
Will I Have to Interact with Animals During the Treatment?
The sessions are guided by your progress and facing your fears is crucial for overcoming and gaining lasting animal phobia treatment. While it’s not mandatory, it is encouraged for you to slowly push yourself out of your current comfort. Our gentle, controlled exposure therapy is an essential part of overcoming your animal phobia – we always place you first.
Is Hypnosis Safe in Animal Phobia Therapy?
Hypnosis used in our animal phobia therapy is completely safe. You remain in control and aware throughout the process. It’s a natural state of deep relaxation that enhances the effectiveness of the treatment.
What is NLP and CBT
Neurolinguistic programming (NLP) is used to develop the connection between the mind, language and behaviour, and understand how they all work together. Simply, NLP techniques are simple but powerful. They quickly help change the way we think about our problems and help us generate new patterns of behaviour.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), on the other hand, is a form of psychological treatment that’s highly effective for a range of mental health issues. It focuses on the interplay between thoughts, feelings, and behaviours and aims to address current problems, like animal phobia, and provide practical strategies to modify unhealthy thought patterns and overcome the fear.
How Does Creature Courage Ensure Ethical Treatment of Therapy Animals?
We prioritise the well-being of our therapy animals, using multiple animals to minimise stress and ensuring they receive excellent care. Our animal phobia treatment practices are fully insured and licensed.
What if I can’t make my session, will I get a refund?
All sales are final but we will do our best to reschedule your appointment to the next available space, provided you give us at least 24 hours notice. This can be through text or email during business hours. We ask that if you are ill to please give us the same notice and we will reschedule.
In the unlikely event that something happens with our therapists, and we have to cancel, we will move your session to another date/time that fits in with your schedule.
Please read our Agreement of Services for more information.